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Memorial Day was first observed in 1868 as a way to remember those who died while serving in our nation’s armed services. News segments and documentaries recognizing those who made the...

Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al-Missned, one of most influential women in the Arab world, attacks ‘double standards’, comparing Charlie Hebdo with Chapel Hill. Muslims face dehumanisation...

Whenever I am asked what topic of research I focus on, the response is usually the same. “You know that will never happen, right?” The long aspired to and elusive goal of establishing a...

Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, a priority of U.S. policy has been to reduce the perceived threat posed by Iran to a broad range of U.S. interests, including the security...

The Arab world is a pluralistic region that lacks pluralism — the ability to manage and embrace differences peacefully. As such, the Middle East’s pluralistic character — Sunnis,...

A suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia as it presses on with its war against Shi’ite fighters in Yemenhas exposed the Sunni kingdom’s failure to curb sectarianism at home and prompted fears...

American intelligence analysts have identified seven buildings in downtown Raqqa in eastern Syria as the main headquarters of the Islamic State. But the buildings have gone untouched...